Installation

You can install the add-on directly from your Blender Preferences, pointing to the zip you downloaded.
You can also drag and drop the zip file directly in the Blender window.

If you have a previous version installed (i.e Photographer 2, 3 or 4), it is important to remove it first from the Preferences and restart Blender before installing the new version.

If you are getting an error when enabling a new version of the add-on, please restart Blender. This often clears errors that appeared because the previous version was not properly disabled first.

If the issue persists, please try doing a clean Add-on installation by following these steps:

• Close Blender.

• Download the zip file from your Gumroad library or from the Gumroad Photographer page (make sure to be logged in with the account that bought the add-on).

• In Windows Explorer, go to %appdata%\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.5\extensions\user_default\  

  • On Linux, go to /home/$user/.blender/4.5/extensions/user_default/
    or /.config/blender/4.5/extensions/user_default/

  • On macOS, go to /Users/Username/Library/Application Support/Blender/4.5/extensions/user_default/

Note : change the 4.5 in the path above to the number of the Blender version you are using.
user_default is the default Repository for Extensions, please change the name of the folder in case you are using another repository.

• Delete any photographer folder or photographer file that would be in there. You can always copy it somewhere else for backup.

•  Unzip the file you downloaded into that same folder. You should now have a new photographer folder.

•  Start Blender and make sure to check that the Add-on is enabled in the Preferences (Edit > Preferences > Add-ons)

If you are getting an error when enabling a new version of the add-on, please restart Blender. This often clears errors that appeared because the previous version was not properly disabled first.

If the issue persists, please try doing a clean Add-on installation by following these steps:

• Close Blender

• Download the zip file from your Gumroad library or from the Gumroad Photographer page (make sure to be logged in with the account that bought the add-on).

• On Windows, open the Explorer and go to %appdata%\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.1\scripts\addons

•  On Linux, go to /home/$user/.blender/4.1/scripts/addons/
  or /.config/blender/4.1/scripts/addons/

•  On macOS, go to /Users/Username/Library/Application Support/Blender/4.1/scripts/addons 

Note : change the 4.1 in the path above to the number of the Blender version you are using.

• Delete any photographer folder or photographer file that would be in there. You can always copy it somewhere else for backup.

• Unzip the file you downloaded into that same addons folder. You should now have a new photographer folder.

• Start Blender and make sure to activate the add-on in your Preferences (Edit > Preferences > Add-ons)

Folder permission errors

It is possible that you receive an error message like the following one when enabling the add-on: 

PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.5\\3.5\\scripts\\presets\\photographer' 

This is because the add-on installs preset files and textures during the first activation. If your script folder is located in Program Files, Windows won't allow the add-on to copy these files.

I would recommend installing the add-on in the %appdata%\Blender Foundation\Blender\3.5\scripts\addons or somewhere else that is not write-protected to avoid such problems. In case your Blender is still looking to install scripts and add-ons in the Program Files folder, you may want to change the script path from the Preferences: